News Downtown acquires digital marketing platform Found.ee Platform is used by more than 25,000 artists and labels worldwide
News Spotify’s latest invention monitors your speech, determines your emotional state… and suggests music based on it New patent reveals Spotify's ambitions to monitor users' speech
Company: RIAAIndustry Org The RIAA was founded in 1952, and represents both independent and major record companies
Company: ConcordMusic Publisher, Record Label The modern-day Concord was effectively formed in 2015 via the merger with The Bicycle Music Company
News BMG, Beggars Group and Hipgnosis each have strong opinions on streaming. Here are those opinions. Submissions to the UK's Parlimentary inquiry into streaming are released for public consumption
Analysis Will 2021 Herald a Golden Age of Artist Partnerships for Independent Labels? "Independent labels have an important part to play in the current landscape," says Marathon Music Group GM, Pru Harris
Analysis The harsh reality about the music business, and a pantomime led by clueless self-regarders. UK politicians just grilled the heads of the three major labels in the market. It did not go well.
Blog How Should the Music Streaming Revenue Pie Be Split? This MBW blog comes from David Israelite, President and CEO of the National Music Publishers' Association
Company: FuturekindMusic Publisher Futurekind was co-founded by Chuck Waite and Laurence Abrahams in London in 2016
Company: Songtrust Royalty collection company now services over 300,000 songwriters and rightsholders
Analysis There’s never been a better time to be a recording artist. I hope our politicians can understand that. Ditto Music's Lee Parsons: "A thousand artists earned at least $84,000, just from streaming platforms, and just from the UK, in one year, in 2020."
Company: CTS EventimLive Promoter In 2018, CTS Eventim's 3,141-strong workforce generated more than €1.2 billion in revenue across 21 countries
News Kuke, a classical music platform from China, raises $50m in US IPO Kuke Music is a provider of classical music licensing, a subscription music platform and education services in China
Company: 88RisingRecord Label, Live Promoter 88Rising was founded by Sean Miyashiro in 2015, and entered into a deal with Kobalt in 2019